U.S. storm delays, cancels Saturday flights at Pearson

More than 50 of Saturday's flights out of Pearson International Airport — mostly to eastern seaboard destinations including New York, Washington and Philadelphia — were cancelled early Saturday, and roughly a dozen others had been delayed. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)

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Delays and cancellations disrupted flights in and out of Toronto this morning as the U.S. East Coast was hammered by a massive blizzard.

More than 50 of Saturday's flights out of Pearson International Airport — mostly to eastern seaboard destinations including New York, Washington and Philadelphia — were cancelled, and roughly a dozen others were delayed.

Cities across the northeastern U.S. are under blizzard watches and seven states declared states of emergency because of the weekend storm that is expected to drop at at least 60 centimetres in some areas.

Forecasters have also predicted more than a centimetre of ice accumulation in the Carolinas, and potentially serious coastal flooding in the mid-Atlantic.